Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-28
WITH REGRETS.
hrs. Weed Diseases the
suffrage Qnestien.
II :. Inss.essinx Letter she Expresses
Her Dis.pprsvsI q the Pssitssa
Taken By ne PozLIn-
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ThouRh net ereasly surprised, vas
inexpFsssibly pained on reading kha
leading editorial Of yonf paper Of this
days Issue; painsd beeause ] fslt that
ne oanss Of eQaal suffrage had found
Al enemy WhsFs q had reason - sap
pose Il had friend. And deeply painsd
70 taink q paper ws we're wone 30 look
upon az tbs vuice Of advanced priRci
pies, q uth and parity had necessarily
~ this ann0unesmessf allied ifsslf With
tie narrow. the has tie untrue.
Thsre . ona, and only one, interest,
business, Gauss o. class Of people thai
tadny and yesterday and daring its ex
isfence. n. and uAas and will be q nnit
aQainss the woman'a vote. That q the
bqaof trafne. This profile source Of
CRIME, tbis corEuptez Of the ballot, this
oEzAnixsd defer Of lAW. this hotbed Of
riot and treason, this monster that fal-
tens o. and Qloats over the depraviiy
and weakness Of cur people and laughs
and saeeTs al the Wretchsdness, the
want, the woe and the ruin it leaves be-
hind; thin deyii-6sh. that With its mil
lions Of money. ita myFiads Of CON
s1ienceless men, fts compact oxRanizA-
tion and its extended control Of she
pf. @ thFsatsns the very life Of this Ma
ton, this Is the one united power, this u
the unhroken phalAnx against woman
suffrage. And tha RoeE-INfRlxEakNcER
by esp0uainQ the restriction Of the suf-
fFaQe pFoclafms Itself the ally Of this
most damnable iniquity.
As Republican paper, By this posi-
ton IN keralding the On coming Of the
final fall ef that great party Of most IL
lustrious history. II the Posi- INTKzxsI-
aKzcEB voices she policy Of the Rspubli-
can party, and NE can readily believe Il
does, when Ne consider lis present or
Ranization in this Territory, We can
easily forecast the fnal burial Of the
body nov lying IN state. With this in
cubas upon it. the application of the
most powerful electric battery will pro-
du,e nothing more than irregular con
toFtions. Il will never bFeathe again.
Bat il vas = grand party, and the Rlery
of is rise and the bFIllianey Of lie
achisvements will hold the admiFina
students eye eutFanced a. be follows
luminous pages Of It's history and he
will read With b1fuing blush Of shame,
the record Of its cad. Starved to death
In The house Of its friends, who refused
TO pour the noarishing food Of living 10
sues into ita blood. Starved 10 death BY
offiee seekers Who had forgotten, or per
haps never knew that party 20 bold
the SURFACES Of an enlightened people
Enthusiastically TO itself, must present
for their support some Rrsnd principles.
vital to human progress and 70 the
Of that peace that 10 the out
growth Of parity. But possibly you
care nothing aboat the Republican
party. alive or dead. II 90, please par
don the mistaken fancy that you did.
without any argument on the subject |
at present, win Only say, that the tele-
grams Of yesterday In. regard to she
action Of the United States Senate,
there vas nothing surprising 20 believers
IN the suffrage, and there gas certainly |
nothing conclusive. Your comments
On the motives ofahe Senators are by |
no means complimentary to 90 grave
and honorable body. Your faith Ia /
their weakness and dread Of b 1nest ex-
preston could hardly be greater we're
they women. Senator Dolph's words |
nan hardly be those of . man posing
~ q suffagist, but who In reality 10 op-
posed 20 Il. His words have she kind
Of ring that attends the advocacy Of . |
righteous cause at bay. In striking con
trast we're the ''imperoeptibls influence"
theory and the "nursing infant" aFgu-
ments Of his opponentss Was ever the |
poverty Of a cause better iiInstrated2 |
The enemy has great need Of all the
aid and comfort the Posr IRTKrLIaENcEB
can give from les great vantage ground |
Of Washington Territory. The friends |
Of this great movement. like truth and |
progress In all the worlds past history
Of blood and cfime and oppression, will |
have 20 look 10 the more lowly 10 sdvo- |
cate their cause; while tbs glorious
light this paper might have shed, Is lost
10 truth, lost 10 progress, and to the
grand on coming of "Peace on earth
and goodwill toward men."
Bat equal suffrage will come even
though its enemies through sush me-
diums &c the Posr-INrKLLIaKNoKR
should succeed In retaFdinR its progress
for time.
Still it 10 sad, IL is always sad,
when be who might
Have lighted up and led bic age,
Falls back in night"
MRs. @. A. WEED.
Seattle, W. T., Jan. 9Th, 1897.